Traci Lords profile
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Traci Lords

7th May 1968 Steubenville, Ohio, USA Acting

Traci Lords (born Nora Louise Kuzma; May 7, 1968) is an American actress, singer, and former pornographic actress. She entered the adult film industry using a fake birth certificate to conceal that she was two years under the legal age of 18. Lords starred in adult films and was one of the most sought-after actresses in that industry during her career. When the FBI acted on an anonymous tip that Lords was a minor during her time in the industry, and that pornographers were distributing and selling these illegal images and videotapes, the resulting fallout led to prosecution of those responsible for creating and distributing the tapes. In addition, all but the last of her adult films were banned as child pornography. After leaving the pornography industry two days after turning the legal age of eighteen, Lords enrolled at the Lee Strasberg Theater Institute, where she studied method acting with the intention of becoming a mainstream actress. She made her mainstream screen debut at age nineteen in a leading role in the 1988 remake of the 1957 Roger Corman science fiction film Not of This Earth. Lords followed with the role of Wanda Woodward in John Waters' teen comedy, Cry-Baby (1990). Her other acting credits included the television series MacGyver, Married... with Children, Tales from the Crypt, Roseanne, Melrose Place, Profiler, First Wave, Highlander: The Series, Gilmore Girls, and Will & Grace. She also appeared in films such as Skinner (1993), Virtuosity (1995), Blade (1998), Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008), and Excision (2012), which earned her a Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best Supporting Actress as well as a Fright Meter Award and a CinEuphoria Award. Lords also pursued music in addition to her film career. After her song "Love Never Dies" was featured on the soundtrack to the film Pet Sematary Two (1992), she was signed to Radioactive Records and subsequently released her debut studio album, 1000 Fires (1995) to generally positive reviews. Despite the poor sales of the album, the lead single "Control" had moderate commercial success. It peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs chart and was included on the soundtrack to the film Mortal Kombat (1995), which was eventually certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). In 2003, Lords published her autobiography, Traci Lords: Underneath It All, which received positive reviews from critics and debuted at number 31 on The New York Times Best Seller list.

168 Movies 25 TV Shows 1 In Production 194 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Tag poster
Tag 4th May 2015 as Ann
Home poster
Home 14th September 2003 as Lorna
Epicenter poster
Epicenter 21st March 2000 as Agent Amanda Foster
Blade poster
Blade 21st August 1998 as Racquel
Stir poster
Stir 1st July 1997 as Kelly Bekins
Ice poster
Ice 15th June 1994 as Ellen Reed
Electric Blue 26 poster
Electric Blue 26 1st January 1987 as Miss Georgia (Helix music video) (archive footage)
Aroused poster
Aroused 8th December 1985 as Allison Davis
Adult 45 poster
Adult 45 7th December 1985 as (archive footage)
Pony Girl poster
Pony Girl 1st January 1985 as Daphne (as Tracy Lords)
Hot Pink poster
Hot Pink 1st January 1984 as (archive footage)
Red Hot Rock poster
Red Hot Rock 1st January 1984 as Miss Georgia (segment "Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'") (uncredited)
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Profiler 21st September 1996 as Jill of All Trades
Viper poster
Viper 2nd January 1994 as Talia Massey
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Boris Is Dead 23rd August 2026 as Angie